Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The Champs' music is so exhilaratingly, grin-inducingly, fist-shakingly wonderful you cannot help but want more. VI delivers in spades.
  2. It's music like this, intelligently composed and played, delivered with clarity and purposefully varied, that, finally, makes sense of the Fucking Champs.
  3. This record is the first time the Fucking Champs have actually managed to capture the actual emotional colors of their own banality, rather than trying to piss a whole two-minute solo all over the place.
  4. These tunes shred as po’-facedly as any the Champs have recorded.
  5. VI largely does away with the synth embellishments of old, but the band's stock-in trade of highest-quality riffing is intact.
  6. Under The Radar
    70
    It's much better than V, but ultimately more of the same. [#17, p.98]
  7. VI strips down the prog to an ingestible 2-guitar/drums setup, forgoing many of the spacey, Yes-influenced synths and flare of previous releases and instead narrowing its focus on more immediate hooks and transitions.
  8. Essentially, if you've heard the group before, you know what you're getting into here, and if you enjoy them you won't be let down.
  9. Alternative Press
    60
    Yeah, they've been putting out pretty much the same album for the last 10 years. [Jun 2007, p.158]
  10. Uncut
    40
    Why, when Dragonforce are doing this for real? [May 2007, p.96]
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. RobH
    Jul 30, 2007
    8
    An ultra-indulgant tour de force of mega guitar riffage. These guys do "metal" better then any I've ever heard in a decade and they do An ultra-indulgant tour de force of mega guitar riffage. These guys do "metal" better then any I've ever heard in a decade and they do it without any of the pretension or self-seriousness. An 8 only because it's not better then III (but better then IV and V). Full Review »
  2. chrisb
    Jul 13, 2007
    8
    did you even listen to the album dumbass?
  3. StevenS.
    Jul 8, 2007
    8
    Todd, stop being a dick. Believe it or not the world has been subjected to progression. Words like "stupid" used to be thought of as Todd, stop being a dick. Believe it or not the world has been subjected to progression. Words like "stupid" used to be thought of as extremely offensive and now it's basically turned into child's play. Things evolve. Get over it. That being said, did you actually listen to the album or are you judging it solely based upon their moniker? I'm doubting that you actually did give this album a spin, which is shameful on your part. I don't like pretentious people. Well, I did listen and was delightfully surprised. I had my doubts at first because I'd heard some of their previous work but I really enjoyed most of this album. Did you Todd? Full Review »